HPE ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.14/6.12.8 OnGuard Agent privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HPE ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.14/6.12.8. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component OnGuard Agent. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-73788. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in HPE ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.11.14/6.12.8 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component OnGuard Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the ClearPass OnGuard agent could allow an authenticated remote attacker to elevate their own privileges on a vulnerable ClearPass OnGuard deployment. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to obtain root privileges, leading to potentially unauthorized operation of the vulnerable system.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.hpe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-73788 since 08/13/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/09/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• HPE

Name

• ClearPass Policy Manager

Version

• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1
• 6.11.2
• 6.11.3
• 6.11.4
• 6.11.5
• 6.11.6
• 6.11.7
• 6.11.8
• 6.11.9
• 6.11.10
• 6.11.11
• 6.11.12
• 6.11.13
• 6.11.14
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

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